Sully Historic Site VA 20151

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Lolita Pollard-Kezele

I went her for the annual classic car show. It was Father’s Day weekend for 2024. There were so many cars and vendors. Great show. The site itself is a little historical hidden gem.

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Bryan Vig

Sully Historic Site is a wonderful place to take a walk or have a picnic. They offer house tours and they have various classes throughout the year. We stopped by on a sunny winter day and had the place practically to ourselves. I highly recommend stopping and checking it out you can stroll the grounds and hiking trails for free. There is a $10 per person fee for house tours. The property consists of the main house, stand alone kitchen, smoke house and there is a 1 room school house on the property.

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Tilly Lo

I finally visited the Sully Historic Site with my pups. I entered the park, and parked in the first parking lot where a building that looked like a trailer that houses the visitors center and museum is located. I am really surprised by how clean and spacious this park is. I walked around and checked out this historic buildings which include the slave cabin, a well, Manor, a kitchen, one has a fire pit (smokehouse?), And one building is where the restrooms are located near the other parking lot next to Rt 28. There is a gravel trail that wraps around the historic buildings section. I assume the gardens would be pretty in the Spring and Summer. The slave cabin is off to the side where the The Cabin's Branch Trail starts, off the the right of the cabin. I got on the trail, and it took me through and open field under the power lines. I kept walking until I see a little sign on the left pointing in the direction to the Manor. I turned left, following the sign, then I saw bigger sign pointing in the direction to the Manor and indicating that the end of the Cabin's Branch Trail. There is a trail facing the sign that appears to continue behind the sign. I decided to explore the trail facing the sign wondering how I missed it. This trail feels a little creepy because it is shady and the trees looked dead. I couldn't find out where the trail leads to because I reached the part of the trail that was blocked by a bunch of, what appeared to be, fallen trees. I turned around and got back to the bigger sign and headed to the manor. Before reaching the Manor, the trail branches to the right into the parking lot where I parked. Note: The downloaded from the website is not accurate, but fortunately, there are signs at the beginning and at the end of trail. There are picnic tables at this park. It was very quiet when I went, Sunday around Noon, and the only people I saw was a couple looking at the historic buildings.